Leigh Stephens
| Leigh Stephens | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Heavy metal, acid rock garage rock, hard rock, protopunk, blues rock, psychedelic rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Associated acts |
Blue Cheer Silver Metre Pilot |
Leigh Stephens is an American guitarist and songwriter.
Stephens became famous as the former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Blue Cheer. He was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[1] He has claimed to have been the only member of the band who did not use drugs.[2] His replacement as Blue Cheer's lead guitarist was Randy Holden.
Stephens went on to form Silver Metre in 1969, with Pete Sears and Micky Waller, releasing one album, Silver Metre on National General Records.
His 1971 album, Cast of Thousands featured among other musicians, his fellow bandmembers from the above-mentioned band, together with the power trio Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, and the two sax players from If, Dave Quincey and Dick Morrissey.[3]
References
- ↑ Rolling Stone 's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
- ↑ From allmusic profile
- ↑ "Credits" allmusic. Retrieved 14th April 2013.
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